S7E8 Ring the Alarm – The Japanese Attack on Canada’s West Coast

Curious Canadian History · Dec 13, 2021 · 14m

In June 1942 the Japanese submarine I 26 attacked a rather unusual target on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Not since the last Fenian Raid in 1871 had Canadian territory been directly attacked by a foreign enemy. While certainly not a pivotal moment in Canada's war it was nonetheless an surprising and harrowing moment for those involved and for a brief period brought the war home to a tiny piece of land in the Pacific Northwest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.